November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, brought throngs to the streets in cities around the world to protest gender-based violence, as they have done in recent months, and focus on ways to prevent abuses.
Protesters Speak Out to Stop Violence Against Women
- By VOA News
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A photo of Lucia Perez,16, who was raped and killed in Argentina, is projected on a building as women participate in a demonstration against gender violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 25, 2016.
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Women participate in a demonstration against gender violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 25, 2016. Women in Brazil organized protests condemning violence against women following the brutal gang rape of a woman on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro by suspected drug dealers.
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A woman with her face painted protests against gender violence in Mexico City, Oct. 19, 2016. Women across Latin America participated in protests in response to the shocking rape and killing of a teenage girl in Argentina.
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Aymara women and activists shout slogans and hold signs that read in Spanish "not one less" during a march against gender violence in La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 19, 2016. Similar protests were made throughout Latin America after a teen was slain in Argentina.
